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Is the Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA775
Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz
Cores: 2 Threads: 2
Typical TDP: 65 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 1 x 6144 KB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz, Intel Core2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008
CPUmark/$Price: 11.72
Overall Rank:
3642nd fastest in multithreading out of 5038 CPUs
2688th fastest in single threading out of 5038 CPUs
1104th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $109.95 USD (2025-02-27)
| Integer Math | 5,570 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 3,294 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 10 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 3,604 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 325.2 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 26,730 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 156 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 460 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,322 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,751 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,334 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,050 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,495 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,125 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,870 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,195 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,718 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,639 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,145 | |
| Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz | 1,289 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 224.28 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 130.81 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 107.61 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.34 | |
| Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz | 11.72 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | NA | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,612 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,144 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,018 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,902 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,681 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,363 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,923 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,564 | |
| Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz | 1,322 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2514864 - Mar 28 2025 | 1321 | |
| BL2514283 - Mar 28 2025 | 1375 | |
| BL5088070 - Feb 28 2025 | 1482 | |
| BL5088069 - Feb 28 2025 | 1481 | |
| BL2444596 - Feb 27 2025 | 1496 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,188 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,362 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,855 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,599 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,539 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,295 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,824 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,695 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,533 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235 | 9,445 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,433 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 9,328 | |
| Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz | 244 |
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